Body-painting facts for kids

Blacklight body painting

Body-painting (also body painting and bodypainting) is when special colors are applied to a human's skin. The colors used are temporary. Depending on the color used, paintings last between a few hours, and a few weeks.

Body-painting can be done for various reasons. Examples are:

to make a work of art
to camouflage one's body
to act in some traditional theatre
to take part in some traditional ceremony
to party, to create a sensation

Three saddhus at Kathmandu Durbar Square
Kadakali painting
Huli man from Papua New Guinea
Soldier with a painted face for camouflage

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Indigenous American body painting
Indigenous body painting
A painted orca design on a forearm.
An artist body painting at Fantasy Fest
Body painting is not always limited to humans.
Moche ceramic vessel at the Larco Museum in Lima, depicting a man, possibly a warrior, with face painting
A child wearing face paint
Marcus Stewart with his face painted as he acts in Oresteia by Aeschylus, adapted by Ryan Castalia for Stairwell Theater, 2019
Fluorescent body paint will show up as bright and colourful under ultraviolet light.
A hand marbled by dipping into floating non-toxic paint

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